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Ceton InfiniTV 4 CableCard Review
EngadgetHD already got their hands on the Ceton InfiniTV 4 CableCard and did a great job reviewing it. The Ceton card uses one CableCard but has 4 tuners which makes it a great deal. The card itself is $399. But if you think about 4 tuners that’s only $100 a tuner and 1 CableCard is [...]
Ceton’s Quad CableCard Tuner Up For Pre-Sale
Ceton’s quad CableCard tuner for Windows Media Center is up for pre-sale. This is good news since lots of media center fans have been waiting. The card is $478 which isn’t bad for what it can do. You can record 4 shows at once using a single cablecard. It also has SDV built-in so it’s [...]
Microsoft Posted Digital CableCard FAQ
Microsoft posted a FAQ page on Digital Cable and Windows Media Center. SDV support will only work with Windows 7 but other enhancements will work in Windows Vista. The 1.19.12 firmware update will be available on October 22nd with the release of Windows 7. There is also going to be a program released to test [...]
My thoughts on CableCard
I would love to get some feedback on if people are actually using CableCard in the comments. Below are just my thoughts on CableCard. CableCard has been around since 1996 when the FCC told cable companies they had to offer it. It was a few years for them to get the standards and a few [...]
More info on Dell’s XPS 420
Today on Direct2Dell there was more information posted about the XPS 420. Basically Dell warns of the issues with CableCard at the bottom of the post. Direct2Dell even posted a link to the PCMag article which states According to Clardy, the XPS 420 should have received support for the ATI tuner last week, but the [...]
Dell’s new CableCard computer
Dell is again selling a computer with CableCard, the XPS 420. And for the price it’s a great deal. Quad-core processor, 3GB of memory, and the option for 2 CableCard tuners. With 1 CableCard the computer will cost $1,079. I would be concerned about getting these up and running though. Many people had trouble getting [...]
